Match box



.1. RANKIN- Sept. 13,1927.

MATCH BO X Filed April 2, 1925 WITNESSES ATTORNEYS prises a back plate 1 which preferably is in- Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

ISRALSKY, or LoUIsA, KENTUCKY.

JULIAN RANKIN, 0F LOUISA, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO- MATCH BOX.

Application filed April 2, 1925. sex-m1 No. 20,263.

My invention providesi a combined match box and belt buckle and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed. 7 v 7 An object of the invention is the provision in a single unitary article of means for securing together the ends ofa belt and. also for supporting in aconveniently access ble position a supply of matches or other small articles. 1

Another object of the invention is the provisionofa device of the character described which affords facilities for supporting a supply of'inatches so that matches can be removed quickly and easily as required for use without spilling of the remaining matches from thedevice. H

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of .a combined match box and belt buckle embodying the invention applied to theends of a belt, the latter being shown indash lines,

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section through the device, is p Figure 3 is an end view of the device with the cover section of the match box open,

"Figure 4 isa section on the line 4,1 of

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] Figure 5 1s an end view of a modification. The match box portion of the device comtegral with an outwardly extending upper end wall 2 and a'pair of side walls 3. The cover section of thematch box portion of the device comprising a head 4 having an inwardly extending lower end wall 5 attachedat its edge by a hinge 6fto the lower edge portionrof the back plate 1 so that the head 4 of the cover section may be swung from open position, in which it is inclined slightly downward toward its free end, to. closed position, in" which it. is substantially vertical and is disposed between the outer.

. edge portion of the sidewalls 3 of the body section or the matchbox portion of the delvice.,

The head 4 of the cover section of'the match box is provided at its upper end with an inwardly extending spring latching flange 7 adapted to slide in' contact with the under face of the upper end wall 2 of the bodysection of the match box when the back plate 1.

'COVer section is moved from closed position until a projection 8 on the upper side of the flange 7 enters and engages a depression or recess 9 in the lower "face of the upper 'end wall 2. 'At this time, a projection 10 at the upper end of the lid d-engages with a notch 11 in the outer edge of the upper end memher 2 and extends. above the latter so that the projection 10 not only serves as a stop for limiting the inward movement of the head 1 of the cover section toward the back plate 1 of the body section but also provides a finger hold which can be conveniently actuated tov release the latching flange 7 from the upper end Wall 2. The spring latching flange 7 has a guard extension 12 at its inner end, this guard extension'being inclined inwardly and downwardly when the cover section is in upwardly swung closed position as shown in Figure 2 and preventing matches or like small articles from being spill-ed from the co -er section of the match box at the free end'of the latter tofthe curvature of the outer surface of the lid 1. A combined deflector and bracing plate13 extends obliquely betweentheinner edge portion of the lower end wall 5, and'the heads of the cover section of the match box I and not only stays the-head 4 to the lower end 5 of the'cover section but tends to deflect matches from the lower part of the space within the match box toward the free end of the cover section of the match box when said cover section is open,-as shown in Fig. 3. s

An integral exten'sionle at the inner edge of the lower end 5. of the cover section is upright whenthe cover-section is closed and I is housed withinfthe match box against the This extension 14 carries a holder 15 in which a strip lfliof frictionr material on which matches may beignited is 'removably held; The holder is shown-"as being a strip of metal or like material bent to provide a horizontal guideway 17 in which the stripof friction material may be inserted when said friction strip iS'dispOsed vertically edgewise, the inner wall of the guideway having a cut away portion at 18 

